Improvement in machines for beaming yarn



J. C. ARMS.

. Improvement" in- Machines for Beaming Yarn.

N0- 131,205. PatentedvSep.10,1872.

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JAMES o. ARMS, or NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE$ FOR BEAMING YARN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,205, datedSeptember10,'l872.

SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. ARMS, of Northampton, in the county ofHampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvementsin Machines for Beaming Yarn for Looms, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawing.

My invention consists in applying, to the ordinary machines used forwarping yarn upon the long beams employed in looms for the manufactureof sheetings and similar wide fabrics, certain devices whereby saidmachines are adapted for filling simultaneously a number of the shortbeams or spools used in the manufacture of tape and other narrowfabrics.

Figure 1 is a top-plan view of my improved machine, and Fig. 2 an endelevation of the same with portions broken away.

A represents the frame of the machine, provided in its top with a largedrum, B, to which the power for driving the machine is applied. Belowthe drum there are mounted two parallel slotted bars, 0, one on eachside of the frame, and on each of these bars there are I mounted anumber of standards or uprights,

D, in which the beams or spools E to be filled are mounted, as shown.The standards are held in place by screws a, which extend down throughthe slots in the bars, as shown in Fig. 2, so that after loosening thescrews the standards may be adjusted sidewise, so as to receive beams orspools of any desired length. The bars 0 which support the standardshave their ends supported by bolts passing through slots 0 in the frame,so that they may be adjusted sidewise when desired. The beams or spoolsE have their ends or heads grooved to receive belts G, which are passedfrom the main drum to each spool, as shown, so that each spool or beamis driven separately and independently of the others. By the outer sideof each bar 0 there is mounted in the frame a rigid bar, H, providedwith reeds I, which are arranged in groups or sets corresponding inwidth and number with the beams or spools. The reeds have their lowerends clamped against the sides of the bars H by means of strips 01,which are held in place by screws 6, so that, by loosening the screws,the reeds may be released,

so that they maybe moved sidewise or removed in order to permit theinsertion'of others. In order to keep the reeds in line and to preventthem from falling out of place when loosened, their lower ends aresecured in a round strip which fits in grooves formed in the faces ofthe bar and the clamping strip, as shown in Fig. 2. In each side of theframe, outside of the reeds, there is mounted a roller, J, as shown. Themachine thus constructed is placed between two sizing or dressingmachines, and the yarn K from said machine passed under the respectiverolls J, through the reeds I, and onto the beams or spools, as shown.When the drum is set in motion the belts Gr operate all the beams orspools at the same time, and thus wind the yarn upon them. When thebeams are filled the belts are thrown off, the beams removed and othersinserted, and the belts again applied. The reeds being properlyadjusted, guide the yarn upon the different beams evenly. By adjustingthe standardsD sidewise the machine may be adapted to receive beams ofany desired length. If necessary, any required number of the standardsmay be removed or additional ones inserted.- When beams of a new lengthare inserted the reeds must, of course, be adjusted or ohan ged tocorrespond. By moving the bars 0 sidewise the tension of the belts maybe varied as desired. The drumB is provided its entire length with smallgrooves 0 arranged close together and passing around its outside. Thesegrooves re ceive the belts G and prevent them from becoming entangledand from chafing against each other as they mightotherwise do. Owing tothe large number of grooves and their close proximity to each other,each belt is sure to enter one of them, no matter how the standards andbeams may happen to be adjusted sidewise. By driving each beam or spoolseparately an equal tension is insured on all the beams, for if one ofthem fills faster than the others its belt will slip and give the threadthe same tension as the others. By making the standards adjustablesidewise the machine is enabled to fill beams of any length and to fillbeams of different lengths at the same time; and, by arranging the twosets of beams in opposite sides of the frame, the machine is enabled tobeam the 'yarn from two sizing or dressing machines at once. By mymethod ofconstruction I produce a machine by which the small beams maybe filled very rapidly, by which one attendant is enabled to attend tothe filling of a number of beams at the same time, and by which beams ofany or of various lengths may be filled.

It is obvious thatinstead of using the long drum a shaft provided withadjustable pulleys may be used, and that, instead of driving the beamsby belts, gearing may be used.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is- 1. The beaming orwarping machine, consisting of the drum B, provided with belts G ortheir equivalents, the adjustable standards D to support the beams orspools, and the reeds I to separate the yarn and guide it upon thedifferent beams, as described.

2. A beaming or warping machine, provided with the adjustable standardsD, to support the beams, whereby themachine is adapted to receive beamsof difi'erent'lengths, as set forth.

3. A beaming-machine, provided with two sets of beams in opposite sidesof the frame, as set forth, whereby it is enabled to beam the yarn fromtwo sizing-machines at the same time.

4. The combination of the long drum B, belts G, beams E, adjustablestandards D, and adjustable reeds I, all arranged to operate, as and forthe purpose set forth.

7 JAMES C. ARMS.

Witnesses:

-W. P. ABERNETHY, WM. G. MCINTYRE.

